Michael Durham Landscaping

I have to share the experience that me and my wife had by hiring Michael Durham Landscaping. We just moved to Oshawa end of June 2024 and my wife Narima began looking for a landscaping company to replace what was a dump in our backyard. All weeds and a little grass patch here and there.
Narima selected Michael Durham Landscaping and Michael responded immediately. He was cordial and very professional. He explained in detail what needed to happen to fix the issue. He listened to Narima and noted every concern she had and took his time to checkout the environment and took measurements of the area. Michael said they typically finish a job in two days. He promised to send a quote and left.
Within no time we had a quote for the work.
The next day I called in to put the deposit so we could get on their schedule of work. Immediately after I paid the deposit I got a call from Brianna (sorry if I misspelled) who schedule the work for the 23rd June. We were very excited.
On 17th as I was driving to work, I got a call from Brianna that they had a cancellation for Thursday 18th June and if we were prepared to get the job started earlier. I immediately said Yes. Brianna listened to a few concerns I had, like the garbage from the cleanup would be inconvenient as our garbage day was the following Friday. Brianna reassured me that she will make sure that the crew do not leave even a single piece of garbage behind. I called up Narima and told her the landscaping crew were starting on Thursday instead of the coming Tuesday.
The crew came in the afternoon of Thursday and began clearing the land of everything from old stones, plastic debris, old wood, shrubs, and most importantly they scraped almost 4 inches of soil with all its growth of weeds and grass. The crew was amazing in terms of work. They were the most respectful people and the most hardworking people I have met in a long time. The work was more than what we had imagined and more thorough than we could have expected. The crew were a happy bunch, talking and laughing as they talked of everyday family life and how much they miss them and how long its been since they saw some members of their families. I realized we as humans share so many of the same concerns.
By late evening the land was barren and ready for a new outlook. I am still at awe, where they get the energy to do such a demanding project, professionally and yet with a thorough understanding of the process and the energy required to sweat out the task. This was a lesson to learn for us that people with so much integrity and respect still exist. Now we have witnessed a miracle literally.
Friday came and the crew transformed our landscape. They worked as hard and with as much enthusiasm as they did on Thursday. In fact with even more energy this time. The whole day was a spectacular event for us. We have never witnessed such dedication to work. Late Friday the crew cleared any and every piece of garbage after the completed the sodding.
We were advised to water the complete sodded area for at least 20 minutes early morning and late evening. We have been doing this.
The crew returned on Monday to complete a patch when they ran out of sod on Friday and fixed a chipmunk damage done to the sod.
We have a 2 week guarantee on the sod in case it dies. The crew will be coming to do that soon.
We are eternally grateful to Michael and his amazing crew for the wonderful service they provided and to the two ladies on the phone including Brianna. I was pleasantly surprised to hear an Indian man answering my phone call on Saturday because he had such a strong accent and made me smile.
Believe me when I say, I am at loss for words. What I have written here does not do justice to the amazing work that Michael and his crew did for us.
Feel free to visit under Michaels company to see what they have created for us. One neighbor came and told Narima, you make the place look like heaven. I cant top that.
My only regret is we could not get someone to clear under our deck. That is a second project for me and Narima.
Thank you again